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Oct 19, 2021 · Open and Shut: Directed by Jamie Babbit. With Steve Martin, Martin Short, Selena Gomez, Aaron Dominguez. In the season finale, the trio races toward a resolution while their own lives are put in danger.
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- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Jamie Babbit
- 2021-10-19
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"Open and Shut" is the tenth and final episode of the first season of Only Murders in the Building. It originally aired on October 19, 2021, on Hulu and Disney+.
In the season finale, the trio races toward a resolution while their own lives are put in danger.
Mabel and Oliver race to tell Charles that they think Jan is the killer. Oliver is excited at how terrific it'll be as a finale. Mabel reminds him that Charles could be in danger. When they get to Charles's apartment, they frantically knock on his door, but get no answer. Oliver wants to break down the door, but Mabel doesn't think they can. Oliver tries it anyway and hurts himself. Charles gets off the elevator then, dabbing his nosebleed. Oliver tells him he's sleeping with a murderer.
Charles tells Mabel and Oliver they look crazy. Mabel says Jan lives on the sixth floor. Tim was carrying someone else's trash bag full of glasses and suicide notes from the sixth floor. They also found out that Tim was seeing Jan. Charles rejects their theory because he searched Tim's phone and Jan wasn't anywhere on it. Mabel says he could have deleted her, or she could have deleted herself. Charles reminds them someone stabbed her. Oliver says it was a minor wound. Charles tells them both to leave. It's the first romantic relationship he's had in years, and he doesn't want them ruining it for him. Mabel says they aren't. She asks where Jan is. Charles says she's at the symphony, still playing. He left early. Oliver asks why he did that. Charles doesn't answer and asks why they're still there. Mabel tells Charles to look at what's in front of him and be careful.
Mabel and Oliver leave Charles's place. They realize Jan's apartment will be empty and decide to go search it.
Charles throws his cloth away and notices that his trash bag has blue ties. He looks at the note Jan left him asking him out and remembers their early courtship. He's interrupted by a knock at the door. It's Jan, who raced there at intermission. They won't notice she's gone, which is devastating to admit. She's mortified. She doesn't know why she lied to Charles about being first chair. It probably has something to do with being beaten by a child. She apologizes for not just telling Charles. If she had, she could have invited him like she wanted to in the first place. She notices that Charles is bleeding, but he brushes it off. She says they could have a drink or twelve. He invites her inside.
As Mabel picks Jan's lock, Oliver is upset that Mabel let him try to break into Charles's place by force. She tells him Charles taught her. She taught him how to use Postmates in exchange. When she finishes, she opens the door.
Jan says she was terrified to see him in the audience. She cleans up his nose and tells him she thought he would always see the worst of her after seeing that. He assures her that won't happen. She proposes a toast to that. Jan sees the bassoon cleaner on the coffee table and asks if she left that there. Charles says it was in Tim's sex toy box. She wonders why Tim would have a bassoon cleaner. She concludes that Tim must have played bassoon and worries that someone is targeting bassoonists. Jan then wonders if Charles is thinking that she did it. He says he isn't, but Oliver and Mabel are. She admits that she would, too. She starts to ask him a question about Tim, but he doesn't want to talk about Tim. She asks him what he does want to talk about. He tells her he thinks he's falling in love with her. She finds that interesting because she thinks she's falling in love with him, too. They're both relieved.
Starring
•Steve Martin as Charles-Haden Savage •Martin Short as Oliver Putnam •Selena Gomez as Mabel Mora •Amy Ryan as Jan Bellows •Aaron Dominguez as Oscar Torres
Guest Starring
•Vanessa Aspillaga as Ursula •Ryan Broussard as Will Putnam •Julian Cihi as Tim Kono •Michael Cyril Creighton as Howard Morris •Tina Fey as Cinda Canning •Jackie Hoffman as Uma Heller •Jayne Houdyshell as Bunny Folger •Zainab Jah as Ndidi Idoko •Russell G. Jones as Dr. Grover Stanley •Daniel Oreskes as Marv •Maulik Pancholy as Arnav Kapoor •Da'Vine Joy Randolph as Detective Donna Williams •Ali Stroker as Paulette •Adina Verson as Poppy White •Jaboukie Young-White as Sam
Co-Starring
•Jeena Yi as Amy Huang •Anthony Ruiz as José Torres •Teddy Coluca as Lester •Orson Hong as Superfan Grant •Maximilian Piazza as Young Tim Kono •Seth Andrew Bridges as ESU Cop #1
General
•The Easter egg in the title sequence is the appearance of a Bunny patterned curtain in one of the neighbors' windows. •On the day that they filmed the scene where Jan is led away in handcuffs, there were paparazzi around. To prevent spoilers getting out, the crew shot multiple scenes of different characters being arrested, one of which was Jan.
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Photography by Craig Blankenhorn for Hulu.
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